Monday, January 6, 2014

The Soo will have to do for Middaugh

The playdowns for the Scotties are underway across the country and Sherry Middaugh and her rink, fresh off a runner-up finish at the Trials, are headed to Jacobs Country to try and get the consolation prize for the 2014 curling year, an Ontario berth in the Canadian women's final.

Mike Koreen of the Toronto Sun got to eat some delicious airport food while chatting with the effervescent Ontario skip who said her team won't be letting up.

Middaugh and her rink will be in the field for what will be the final all-Ontario Scotties. Next year, Northern Ontario gets its own entry into the shootout while some poor weakling provinces get to sit on the sidelines, a victim of the new relegation.